Movies Like The Desert of the Tartars

Ranked by shared directors, cast, themes, genre, and era — not just generic recommendations.

Andrei Rublev

1966·3h 3m·★ 8.0·Andrei Tarkovsky

Themes: tatars, tartarDrama & History

The White Dawn

1974·1h 50m·★ 7.0·Philip Kaufman

TMDB recommendsHistory & Drama

Oceans

2010·1h 24m·★ 7.7·Jacques Perrin

DP: Luciano TovoliStarring Jacques Perrin

Vanille fraise

1989·1h 50m·★ 4.6·Gérard Oury

DP: Luciano TovoliStarring Jacques Perrin

Dune: Part Two

2024·2h 47m·★ 8.4·Denis Villeneuve

Themes: destiny, desert

Dune

2021·2h 35m·★ 8.0·Denis Villeneuve

Themes: destiny, desert

Paths of Glory

1957·1h 28m·★ 8.4·Stanley Kubrick

Themes: 1910s, war

Cinema Paradiso

1988·2h 4m·★ 8.5·Giuseppe Tornatore

Both star Philippe Noiret & Jacques Perrin

The Wages of Fear

1953·2h 33m·★ 8.1·Henri-Georges Clouzot

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Barry Lyndon

1975·3h 8m·★ 8.1·Stanley Kubrick

Fans also likedDrama & History

Blade Runner

1982·1h 58m·★ 8.1·Ridley Scott

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Ben-Hur

1959·3h 32m·★ 8.1·William Wyler

Fans also likedHistory & Drama

Anatomy of a Murder

1959·2h 41m·★ 8.0·Otto Preminger

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All Quiet on the Western Front

1930·2h 13m·★ 8.1·Lewis Milestone

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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

2000·2h·★ 7.9·Ang Lee

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Jackie Brown

1997·2h 34m·★ 7.5·Quentin Tarantino

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Richard Jewell

2019·2h 11m·★ 7.5·Clint Eastwood

Fans also likedDrama & History

Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko

2021·1h 37m·★ 6.8·Ayumu Watanabe

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Agora

2009·2h 7m·★ 7.1·Alejandro Amenábar

Fans also likedDrama & History

The Boy in the Woods

2023·1h 40m·★ 6.1·Rebecca Snow

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How Good Is The Desert of the Tartars?

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